Junaid Daudpota is the partner at Daudpota International, whose practice mainly focuses on Middle East and South Asia.

Mr. Daudpota’s practice covers transactional and contentious matters relating to various other areas of laws, such as competition, employment, banking, internet, agency and franchising, defamation, and anti-corruption, and arbitration.

Mr. Daudpota is expert at counseling clients on all aspects of laws relating to intellectual property prosecutions and enforcement in the gulf countries (including Saudi Arabia). He has coordinated multiple litigations and advised on IP strategy, portfolio management, and infringement matters in various gulf countries.

Mr. Daudpota has also acted as a consultant for the World Bank for Doing Business (country specific) reports. He has also co-authored the books on Competition Law in Pakistan and Anti-Money Laundering Law, and has commented on a number of national legislations around the world.

Mr. Daudpota is a member of International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), and International Trademark Association (INTA), Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He has also been part of number of policy and educational committees.

Mr. Daudpota has also authored articles covering various legal disciplines, and regularly attends and speaks at international conferences and seminars.

Speaking Engagements

May 17 – 18, 2016, Washington DC, USA
“Franchising’s Last Frontier: Cuba, Iran, Myanmar and Other Sanctioned Countries” at 32nd Annual IBA/IFA Joint Conference

October 24 – 26, 2013, Washington DC, USA
“Saudi Arabia & Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)” at the 2013 Annual Meeting of American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)